In conjunction with the 24 families of priests who were
scheduled to serve in the temple for 2 week periods annually (see I Chronicles
24), there were also 24 groups of choir leaders who came for 2 weeks per year
as well. These men evidently were responsible for working with the 4,000
musicians who were mentioned in I Chronicles 23:5. So, if those thousands were
also divided into 24 groups then the temple orchestra would have had something over 150 active members in it at any
given time. This means that all these
men apparently had other duties throughout the remainder of each calendar year
which would have kept them occupied between their allotted stints of ministry.
Each group had their particular specialty in music. Asaph prophesied musically... presumably with
psalteries and cymbals... or as we might call them, guitars and drums. Jeduthun
and his crew prophesied in thanks and praise to God too, with harps. Heman and
his group of experts used horns in their musical preaching. Altogether, with
Romamtiezer's dozen and all the rest of the musical leaders, there were 288
choir leaders... with a different 12 assigned to each 2 week period in every
year.
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